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THC Hydra and HTTP brute-force cracking

I set up an ASUS WL-500gP with original ASUS firmware to my LAN with IP address 192.168.1.1. If I navigate to address http://192.168.1.1:8080/ in my Firefox address bar, an Authentication required window opens up asking for "User name: " and "Password: ". Correct "User name: " is "admin" and correct "Password: " is "pA55w0Rd". They work fine if I type them in manually to the Authentication required window, but for some reason I can't get in using the hydra with words.txt password file, which contains "pA55w0Rd":